Study Guide

Objective

The student knows the legal environment of a company in the field of travel and tourism and he/she knows the relevant tourism-related legislation. The student knows the basics of contract and corporate law and their meaning and role in business. He/she can retrieve and apply legal information. He/she recognizes the main legal factors, legal duties and challenges in the travel and tourism business.

Content

Basics of contract law:
• Overview of Finnish legislation and the courts of justice
• Law of the person
• Meaning, content and different types of contracts, especially in the travel and tourism field
• Contract law legislation and legal sources
• Consumer protection
• Main principles of compensation for damage

Basics of corporate law:
• Freedom of trade
• Regulation of businesses
• Establishing a company
• Company forms and their special features

Travel and tourism law:
• Overview of the relevant legislation applied in the field
• Travel service combinations regulations
• Everyman’s rights
• Basics of safety legislation
• Regulation of the marketing in tourism field (data protection, Consumer protection act, IP-rights)

• Searching and applying judicial knowledge into practice

Location and time

Spring 2023. Weeks 4-11.

Materials

Learning material for the case and the exam:
Contract and corporate law

• Access to Finnish law, pages 9-72, 84-105, 126-165, 205-225, 240-249 (Aapo Surakka, 2005) or year 2011 version of the same book: pages 15-74, 87-107, 129- 161,171-176, 221-248, 264-267. Also the e-book is available.
• Lessons (powerpoints in Moodle) / notes

Tourism business-related legislation:
• Oral presentations and related pp-slides
• Moodle material
• Act on Travel Service Combinations (Laki matkapalveluyhdistelmistä) (901/2017)
• Act on Travel Service Combination Providers (Laki matkapalveluyhdistelmien tarjoajista) (921/2017)
• Act on the Supervisory and Insolvency Protection Fee Provided by Providers of Travel Service Combinations (Laki matkapalveluyhdistelmien tarjoajan valvonta- ja maksukyvyttömyyssuojamaksusta) (922/2017
• https://www.kkv.fi/en/consumer-affairs/travel-and-accommodation/travel-packages-and-linked-travel-arrangements/

Teaching methods

- Lectures, tourism business-related law case study and presentation (group work), exam, other learning exercises, individual and independent studies.

Employer connections

Real life cases used.
Case studies based on real companies.

Exam schedules

Exam and case study presentation on week 11.

Content scheduling

Weeks 4-11.
A more precise plan is given in the implementation plan.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (2)
The student shows basic-level analytical and reflective thinking and practical skills in his/her studies and work-related tasks. He/she has basic knowledge of both business as well as travel and tourism related legislation and he/she can describe it. He/she is able to find and use this legal information with assistance but cannot fully apply it. He/she recognizes the main legal factors and challenges in the travel and tourism business and can give examples of them. The assignments are completed but not always performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Poor (1)
The student has basic knowledge of both business as well as travel and tourism related legislation. He/she can retrieve and apply legal information in simple cases with assistance. He/she recognizes some legal factors and challenges in the travel and tourism business. The assignments are completed but not always performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Fail (0)
The student does not complete the assignments according to the instructions or does not attend the learning situations at all. He/she does not pass the assignments and/or the exam as required.


These are the general assessment criteria. Please note that there might be more specific assessment criteria for learning assignments which will be given at the beginning of the study unit.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Very good (4)
The student shows good critical, analytical and reflective thinking and practical skills in his/her studies and work-related tasks. He/she has good knowledge of both business as well as travel and tourism related legislation. He/she is able to find relevant legal information and apply it. The student understands the meaning of legal issues in the travel tourism business and can take these legal factors into account when making decisions. All the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Good (3)
The student shows critical, analytical and reflective thinking and practical skills in his/her studies and work-related tasks. The student understands both the basics of business as well as travel and tourism related legislation. He/she can retrieve and apply relevant legal information by leaning to the study materials/given instructions. The student understands the main legal factors and challenges in the travel and tourism business. Most of the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

cellent (5)
The student shows excellent critical, analytical and reflective thinking and practical skills in his/her studies and work-related tasks. He/she has excellent knowledge of both business as well as travel and tourism related legislation. He/she can efficiently and independently retrieve and apply relevant legal information in problem solving and justify decisions. The student can foresee legal challenges in the travel and tourism business. All the assignments are performed according to the instructions and deadlines.

Assessment methods and criteria

All parts have to be completed and approved!

Contract and corporate law part:

1) exam done in small groups (1-3 persons) 70%

2)Tourism-related legislation:

- case study group assignment (+oral presentation) 30%

Please notice that Turnitin plagiarism detection programme is being used.